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E. M. BALDWIN, Administratflx. SWINGING CHAIR GONVERTIBLE INTO A SWINGING HAMMOGKQ Patented Sept. 22, 1885.

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ATENT ELIZABETH M. BALD\VIN, OF SPARTA, WVISCONSIN, ADMIN ISTRATRIX OF RUEL S. BALDWIN, DECEASED.

SWINGING CHAIR CONVERTIBLE INTO A SWINGING HAMMOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 326,619, dated September 22, 1885.

Application filed April .25, 1885.

Z' 0 all whom.- it may concern:

Be it known that RUEL S. BALDWIN, deceased, late a citizen of the United States, residing at Sparta, in the countyof Monroe and State of WVisconsin, did invent certain new and useful Improvements in Swinging Chairs Convertible into Swinging Hammocks, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

The obj ect of this invention is to very cheaply provide aswinging chair thatis convertible intoasWi-nginghammock,in combination with an adjustable canopy over the chair or hammock; and it consists in the construction of the chair, its adaptation to be converted into a hammock, and so hung upon or within a supporting'frame as to be a swing with an adjustable two-part roof or canopy over the occupant of the chair or hammock, as will be fully hereinafter described.

In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation partly, in section; and Fig. 2 repre sents a front view of the device with the twopart roof-frame of canopy, but with the cover of the canopy removed. Figs. 3, 4, and 5 represent enlarged details of parts represented in Figs. 1 and 2 by the same letters of reference.

A A represent two of the main supportingposts, and acting as braces in side view, and are framed at their top ends into a plate, a.

A A represent the opposite supporting bracing-posts, which are framed at their top ends into a shorter plate, a. The pair of posts A A are pivoted near their top ends to posts A A at a by the bolts a that go through the lower ends of braces a, then through posts A A and the lower end of braces a, the upper ends of which are secured to plate a.

B B represent rafters that are hinged to plate a, so as to turn on the hinges at b, and B B are similar rafters hinged at their top ends to plate a, and pieces 1, 2 2, and 3 3 on either side of plates a and a, all secured to either rafters B on one side or to rafters B on the other side of plate a, altogether forming a two-part frame for the support of a canvas or other covering to the canopy.

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In order to adjust the two parts of the roof so formed, braces I) and b are pivoted on opposite sides of the rafters-that is, braces b are bolted at their upper ends to rafter B at b, and their lower ends have such means as that they may be adjusted to or upon a fixed bolt, 1), on post A, while braces b are pivoted to rafters B, and their lower ends are provided with means to adjust them upon posts A, as seen in Fig. 1, by having slots b in the braces and pins b on the posts, and by lifting the braces off the pins at their lower ends that side of the roof forming the canopy may be raised or it can be lowered at will, and the same can be done with the opposite side of the roof by the movement of the braces in pairs in the same manner.

0 is the canvas covering over the two part roof, and is detachable or removable at will from the roof-frame. tion the frame can be thoroughly braced and kept at a certain width by the girts c on the four posts at or near their bottom ends, and braces c, as seen in Fig. 1, together with the frame of the roof, which determines the width at the top. The brace-posts A and A, when By this construespread apart the right distance, are held in position by the hoolcrods c and eyes 0 in posts A and A.

The swinging chair convertible into a swinging hammock is composed of a pair of legs, D, pivoted to a transverse roller, D, with a cross-piece, (1, near their lower ends to hold them the right distance apart, a pair of side or center pieces, E, that form the seat when used as a chair, their forward ends pivoted around the roller D, and their back ends held by a cross-roller, E, and a pair of uprights, F, that form the back pivoted to the center seat-piecesE at e, and a head-piece, f, between them at or near their top ends.

G is a covering of canvas or other material over the chair as placed upon or around the frame of the chair, so that the chair may be used as a seat or be changed into a hammock.

H H represent a pair of side pieces to a foot-rest, pivoted to the pieces D on their inner sides, having a series of holes, h, through them, so that the transverse foot-rest H between the pieces H can be adjusted between the side piecesto accommodate different persons as to size.

To make the chair a swing, two pairs of inclined suspendingarms, I I, are attached at their lower ends to the side pieces, E, of the chair, or to cross-pieces attached thereto, and each pair coming together at their top or upper ends, where they are secured together by the metal loopst' or other equivalent devices, to be hooked upon hooks t" that are bent to grasp the lower ends of twin links t'. The upper ends of one of each pair of links are secured to plate a, and the upper ends of the other pair are secured to plate a, which will allow the free swinging of the chair back and forth.

To convert the swinging chair into a swinging hammock that can be adjusted to any iir clination above a horizontal position, a pair of side arms, J, are provided and pivoted to the back pieces, F, at f, extending forward and pivoted between pairs of inclined supportsjj. The supportsj are secured to side pieces, E, by pivot-pinsj and latches j, so that pieces j can be detached from pieces E, and the pieces j are pivtted at their top ends toarms J and at their lower ends to leg-pieces D at point j. This construction allows the occupant to change his position from a sitting one to an inclined one by keeping his feet firmly against the footrest H and throwing his head and shoulders back to such an inclination as may be desired. This construction of the supporting-frame to a swinging chair or hammock allows the frame to be folded up for convenience of transportation or storing by unhooking the swing-chair from its hooks, then unhooking the rods and freeing the lower ends of the roof-adjusting braces b and b, when the main supports AA can be brought together at their bottom ends, and the two parts of the roof will swing down to the posts, occupying but little space.

To reduce the chair or hammock to its least possible bulk, remove the ends of arms J from their connection at their rear ends with uprights F, and the lower ends of piecesj that are latched to pieces E, when the pieces J, j, and j will assume a horizontal position alongside of the outstretched hammock.

I am aware that swinging chairs convertible into hammocks are not new and are in use. I am also aware that the supports of such chairs or hammocks are susceptible of being folded for transportation or storing. I am also aware that such supports have had an awning over them; and I do not broadly claim any such single device; but,

Having thus fully described the invention, what I claim as the invention of said RUEL S. BALDWIN is 1. A swinging chair convertible into a swinging hammock having the suspendingarms I I attached thereto and loops i thereon, in combination with the hooks 0', links i", and plates a a of the swing-supports A A, constructed to operate as described.

2. In a swinging chair convertible into a swinging hammock, the combination of the arms J, supportsj, pivoted to the front ends of said arms, and supports j, pivoted at their upper ends to the-front ends of arms J and their lower ends to legpieces D, with the cross-pieces D, e, and E, and side pieces, E, and back pieces, F, pivoted to the arms, as described.

3. The combination of aswinging chair convertible into a swinging hammock, consisting of the pieces D, E, and F and D, d, and E, with the supports A A, having a two-part roofframe hinged thereto, which are adjustable, one part independent of the other, by ad j usting-braces b b; substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELIZABETH M. BALDWIN, Administratrix 0f the estate of RuclS. Baldwin,

deceased.

\Vitnesses:

M. A. THAYER, JAMES DAVIDSON. 

